Alright, Christmas is over and I still have some shillings around after the festive cannibalism..
I'm looking to upgrade my older systems..
Here are my situations, I have in total 4 systems..
1. Core 2 Duo 6600, 975BX2, 2GB and the lot with a 4500 Quadro.. that should stay where it should as the sim server
2. Core 2 Duo 6300, DS3, 2GB and an X1550.. I think that should work out fine as well in the basement
3. A64 4600+ 939, A8N-SLI Premium, 2GB and 8800GT SLI
4. A64 3000+, MSI Neo 2 Plat, 2GB, 6800GT
System 3 and 4 is where I'm looking to fix..
I'm so disconnected from the motherboard world for the past 12 months and I have little to no knowledge over those new Intel chipsets.. P35 and such..
I'm looking to spend 200-250 tops on each system (3 and 4), see whats best to recycle and what to chuck and get new.. I know the board , cpu and mem will have to go but I'm counting on you guys to lead the way..
I was going to look around for those ancient 975 but figured that they're as old as dinosours..
I'm old and skint (alright.. not too skint.. but im a thrifty person).. so best if everyone can try to keep the cost down and unless ABSOLUTELY necc, please do not suggest things like 'IF YOU COULD STRETCH...'